Long Day’s Journey into Night (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Eugene O’Neill
- First Published: 1956
- Type of Work: Tragedy
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Family or family life, Self-discovery, Acting or actors, Memory, Parents and children, 1910’s, New England, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Drug addiction or addicts, Life, philosophy of, Morphine
- Locales: New London, CT
The play is overtly autobiographical, with O’Neill calling his father James Tyrone, his mother Mary Tyrone, his older brother James Tyrone, Jr., and himself not Eugene but Edmund Tyrone--thereby assuming the first name of the youngest brother, who died in infancy when exposed to measles by the oldest. In the preface, dedicated to his third wife Carlotta, O’Neill thanks her for the “love that enabled me to face my dead at last and write this play--write it with deep pity and understanding and forgiveness for all the four haunted Tyrones.”
Two events propel the action: Mary...
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